Patent Model - Improvement in Cloth-Measuring Machines
Maker and role
William Porter (b.1840, d.1915), Patentee
Production date
Aug 21 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, silk
Measurements
4 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10" (11.4 x 26.7 x 25.4cm)
Description
Porter's patent "relates to a machine or apparatus in which cloth or other kind of fabric can be measured while being wound upon a roller. The board forming the center of a bolt of cloth or other fabric is clamped endwise between two aligned and axially-adjustable rotary shafts, and as the cloth unwinds it passes over a reel, by which its length is measured, and is wound upon a roller arranged parallel to the reel." (Patent Number 194,462)
Object number
2016.13.60a-c
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